What is the average commute in Brambleton CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Brambleton CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 50.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.0 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51091882024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brambleton, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Brambleton CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.6 min one way; 50.0% worked from home, 42.2% drove alone, and 15.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.6 min±7.4 min MOE

Worked from home50.0%±6.0 pp MOE

Drove alone42.2%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.0%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Brambleton CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +22.9 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute37.1 min → 36.6 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home27.1% → 50.0%▲ 22.9 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit3.0% → 3.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.7% → 42.2%▼ 19.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brambleton CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 42.2%; 3.1% used public transit and 50.0% worked from home.

Drive alone42.2% ±4.4 pp

Carpool3.6% ±1.8 pp

Public transit3.1% ±1.6 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home50.0% ±6.0 pp

Each share uses 12,806 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brambleton CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 95th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

95^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

100^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

87^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brambleton CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,806 workers age 16+, including 6,400 workers with reported travel time and 6,406 home workers.

Population estimate24,537± 1,691 MOE

Workers age 16+12,806± 1,029 MOE

Workers with travel time6,400± 768 MOE

Estimated home workers6,406± 923 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Virginia commute records for Brambleton CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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